National University of Singapore

Final Year Project (FYP) is assigned only when SoC students have attained 70% of the total modular credits for their respective degree and satisfied the CAP threshold of the proposed projects.

BComp (Computer Engineering) Students

The FYP will be made compulsory for cohort matriculating in AY2008/2009 and after.  Older cohorts of 2004 to 2007 can opt for 12 MCs of level-4000 or higher programme elective from their respective programme course elective list in place of FYP.  FYP remains compulsory for cohorts matriculated earlier than 2004.

Non BComp (Comp Engineering) Students

For this group of students, the FYP will be optional for cohorts matriculating from 2004 and after.  However, students who are not doing a FYP project have to do 12 MCs of Computing modules at level-4000 and above from their prescribed programme elective course list. FYP remains compulsory for cohorts matriculated earlier than 2004.

First Class Honors

For students aiming for first class honours, it is a mandatory requirement for them to do FYP and obtain at least an 'A-' grade for the project. Students  with CAP >= 4.5 will not be eligible for first class honours if they choose to do 12 MC of modules prescribed in their programme requirement instead of the FYP.

The project may be proposed by (1) an academic staff member, (2) jointly between an academic staff member and an external organisation/company, or (3) initiated by a student and endorsed by an academic staff member.

Academic Staff Proposals:

During both semesters, a list of projects proposed by professors, with a short description, required pre-requisite skills, deliverables, etc. are made available well in advance to students at the Project Administration System.

External Proposals:

Any FYP proposal from companies, other faculties within NUS, other institutions of higher learning, and research institutes are considered as externally proposed project. If an organisation/company is interested in proposing a project, they can complete the prescribed form (please see forms and circulars) and seek collaboration with a SoC staff to supervise the student. All other conditions of FYP remain applicable.

If a student takes the initiative, then he/she should request the organization/company to submit the project proposal using the prescribed form; and with the consent from a SoC academic staff.

In both academic staff proposed and externally proposed projects, students should discuss the project with the professors as soon as possible during the project discussion period (please see project selection schedule), so that sufficient time is there to think about the right project to work on.

Student Proposals:

If you have your own idea for an individual project, it is your responsibility to find a professor who both approves of the proposed programme of work and is willing to supervise it. It is a good idea to look at the SOC website to identify professors who work in the specific area of your proposed research project. You should first fill the form and take it along with other materials you may have, to discuss it with the professor.

The Project Administration System allows you to browse through all projects available for selection in a given semester. It is advisable to keep track of this website closer to the project selection period (please see project selection schedule).

The projects offered by the academic staff may differ in breadth, depth, degree of difficulty and expectations. Some projects may be part of a large research or development project while others may be a self contained individual project.

The project you choose should be consistent with the aims of your degree programme, your area of interest, and should be in-line with your future ambitions of pursuing higher degree. Some students are better suited to well-defined and relatively safe projects that provide scope for demonstrating proficiency with a low risk factor. Other students are better advised to tackle harder, riskier projects that require a high degree of research content. Please note that not every project is suitable for every student.

Each proposal will indicate constraints in order to help you to make an informed choice. The most important thing is to shortlist a set of projects that are right for you. Please also carefully look at the nature of project and keywords proposal. The potential supervisors will be happy to offer advice on the suitability of a project, given your individual background, strengths and ambitions.

Some projects may impose a minimum CAP requirement in order to bid. Please see the Project Selection for details.

Remember that it is important to balance ambition and realism when making a choice. Once you have been allocated a supervisor, there will be opportunities to refine the project idea and to focus on these issues in more details so it is not necessary to have addressed all of these issues at this early stage.

The Final Year Project spans over a period of two semesters, with a workload of approximately 400 hours (about 15 hours/week) equivalent to 3 modules. It carries 12 module credits. In most cases students work on projects during holidays, and hence actual number of hours of work put in may be more than stipulated here.

Students cannot concurrently do FYP with ATAP. Conversion of ATAP related work to FYP is not permitted, irrespective of how good the ATAP-work is.

Similarly, students are not allowed to do FYP if they are engaged in other internships during regular semester.

If a student takes up a Final Year project while on attachment to a recognised overseas university, the student should find a local supervisor in the area of his/her project. The student should be in touch with his local supervisor. The overseas supervisor must send a Continual Assessment (CA) report after one semester, and a final assessment report after the completion of the project to the local supervisor. The project completion date should be in sync with our regular FYP submission and presentation. No special presentation dates will be entertained. Further, FYP should be carried out in its entirety at overseas.

It is optional for students currently on NOC programme/Student Exchange Programme (SEP) and due to return next semester to bid for project during the current semester. Student can discuss via email, or face-to face with their potential supervisor about a project that he/she wishes to take, and do so immediately upon his/her return from NOC programme/SEP.

The following details should be supplied to Ms Pamela Lim with a copy to the FYP Coordinator, Prof. Ananda A.L. once an agreement is reached between student and supervisor:

Name and Student Number
A copy of supervisor's consent
Project title
Project ID

The Office of Undergraduate Studies will update the system accordingly.

The conversion of NOC-related work to FYP is not permitted, irrespective of how good the NOC project work is.

In addition, please note that students are not allowed to concurrently do FYP with SEP/NOC.

DDP students are required to register for IHP with their home faculty.

Students are required to follow the FYP bidding / registration timeline as specified by their home faculty. For SoC’s FYP bidding timeline, please visit here.

DDP students have to first approach supervisors from both departments, who agree on the joint supervision of the IHP, followed by seeking consent from both department heads (HoDs) for the project to be regarded as IHP.

You are required to submit the approvals (email acceptable) to Ms Pamela Lim with a copy to Ms Toh Mui Kiat, for further advise on registration.

Upon successful registration, the home faculty will pre-allocate the IHP module code in CORS to students in the next 2 semesters. For SoC, the IHP code is XFC 4101.   For home dept/faculty without an IHP code, they will pre-allocate the final year project code instead.

All aspects of project administration (e.g. presentations, assessment) shall be based on the practice of the home dept/faculty. The supervisor from the 2nd degree’s department will collaborate with the supervisor from home degree’s department in each phase of the assessment.

The project grade awarded at the end of the second semester will be finalised by both faculties.

For DDP students who are pursuing a 2nd degree with SoC, please note that if you have registered for a final year project via SoC project admin system without seeking prior approvals from both supervisors and HoDs, it will be treated as CP4101 BComp Dissertation and cannot be double counted as IHP for fulfillment of the degree requirements of the DDP.

The University takes a serious view on plagiarism. Students caught with plagiarised work cannot opt the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option for the poor grade obtained. Please refer to the School's Preventing Plagiarism website for information.

Please also see section on report writing.

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